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MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
Root perennial. Stem 0. Leaves all from the root, ovate, sagittate, 
acute, sometimes obtuse, entire, very glabrous, strongly nerved, lobes long, 
acuminate, and very acute; with the lobes 6 — 14 inches long, 4 — 7 wide, on 
petioles 1 — 2 feet long dilated at base. Scape 1 — 2 feet long. Proper 
peduncles by threes, verticillate, scarcely an inch long, upper flowers sterile, 
the lower fertile. Involucrum 3-leaved, (perhaps 1-leaved, deeply 3-parted, 
with the segments 3-cleft,) leaves ovate, acute, frequently 3-cleft. Calyx 
3-leaved, of the sterile floret deciduous. Petals 3, larger than the calyx, 
round, white. Stamens about 30, shorter than the corolla. Germs very 
numerous, collected into a globular head. Style very short. Capsule? in- 
curved, gibbous on one side, not opening, containing one oval seed. 
Grows in ponds, ditches, and wet places. 
Flowers August — October. 
2. Pubescens. Muhl. 
S. pubescens; foliis 
oblongo-ovatis, acutis, 
sagittatis; lobis ovatis, 
acuminatis, rectis; sca- 
po simplici; floribus 
monoids; bracteis sub- 
rotundis, pubescentissi- 
mis. 
Pubescent; leaves 
oblong ovate, acute, 
sagittate; lobes ovate, 
acuminate, straight; 
scape simple; flowers 
monoecious; bracteas 
nearly round, very pu- 
bescent. 
Muhl. Cat. p. 86. Nutt. 2. p. 213. 
A plant very similar in most respects to the preceding, but with the stem 
and leaves pubescent, and the bracteal leaves and calyx very pubescent. 
As far as it has fallen under my observation, it appears to bear smaller 
leaves, longer in proportion to their size, and the lobes less divaricate; and 
the bracteal leaves which in the former species are with us ovate and acute, 
are in this shorter, nearly round, and obtuse. 
Grows very common in the western districts of Georgia. I do not re- 
member to have seen it along the sea coast. 
Flowers August — October. 
3. Hastata. Pursh. 
S. foliis oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis, sensim-acutis, 
sagittatis, lobis paten- 
tibus, lanceplatis, lon- 
gissime - acuminatis; 
Leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, acute, sagit- 
tate; lobes expanding, 
lanceolate, with very 
long acuminate points; 
